Door-support.



U. G. SWEENEY.

DOOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, I917 lPatenitedApr. 30,1918.

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ULYSSES G. SWEENEY, F CUTLER, CALIFORNIA.

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Application filed .Tune 18, 1917. Serial No. 175,435.

the back stile 3 that the framework of a door, and particularly theframework of a screen door not infrequently sags at its outer edge, andas a consequence, there exists an undesirable opening at the to of thedoor.

In view of the oregoing, one object of the present invention is toprovide novel means for connecting the constituentmembers of a doorframe, so that the door will not sag.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for assemblinga flexible element with the constituentmembers of a door frame. and toprovide means for tightening the flexible element to accomplish the endabove. mentioned.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

/Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combina- .tion andarrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in section, a part of a doorframe whereunto the device forming the subject matter of thisapplication has been applied;

2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is asection showing a modification.

As shown in Fig. 2, there appears a door 1 including a front stile 2, aback stile 3 and a bottom rail 4, the latter having tenons 5 received inmortises 6 in the stiles 2 and 3. In the forward edge of the front stile2 there is fashioned a groove 7 communicating with a groove 8 in thebottom rail 4, the

groove 8 opening into a groove 9 in the outer edge of the back stile 3of the door. In

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3d, 1912.

there is formed a recess 10 base of the groove 9 and communicating withsaid' groove. Rollers 11 are journaled on the stiles 2 and 3 adjacentthe lower corners of the door. Mounted in the groove 9 at the ends ofthe recess 10 are U-shaped supports 12 which may be made of metal. Asecuring device such as a screw 14 is mounted in the stile 2at the baseof the groove '7 located at the and near to the upper end of the groove.A securing device 15, which may be a screw, is mounted in the stile 3,in the groove 9, and adjacent the upper end of the groove. ,The numeral'16 denotes a U shaped flexible element which may be a piece of wire,comprising parallel arms A and a bend B. The flexible element 16 islooped at its bend Hover the securing device 14 and is extended, alongthe grooves 7, 8 and 9, across the rollers 11, and through the supports12, the ends of the flexible element being attached to thesecuringdevice 15. 'A U- shaped saddle 17, which maybe made of metal, isinverted over the flexible element 16 opposite tothe seat 10. Atightening device 18, which may be a screw, passes through the saddle l7and engages the stile 3 at the base of the seat 10.

' In practical operation, by advancing the screw 18into the stile 3, thesaddle 17 will be advanced with respect to the recess 10, the flexibleelement 16 will be bent transversely, adjacent the seat 10, the flexibleelement traveling over the rollers 11,and the stiles 2 and 3 being heldassembled with the bottom rail 4,in such a way as to prevent a saggingof the frame. It is to be observed that, as shown at 19, the ends of thetenons 5 are cut back, so that they will be out of the Way of theflexible element 16 and will not prevent a proper tightening thereof. Asin Fig. 4 of the drawings, a modified form of the invention has beenshown. In the said figure, there appears a door 20 including a frontstile 21, a bottom rail 23, and a top rail 22, the rails havingtenons24: entering mortises in the stile 21, V

. bottom rail 23 within the contour of the in the lower edge of thebottom stile 23. A securing device 30 is mounted in the top rail 22within the contour of the groove 28, and a securing device 31 is mountedin the groove 29. The numeral 32 denotes a flexible elementlooped-around the securing device 31 and having its ends connected withthe securing device 30, the flexible element, which preferably is apieceof wire, passing along the grooves 29, 27 and 2-8, and beingengaged around rollers 33 located in the groove 27 and journaled on thestile 21 adjacent the forward corners of the door.

Mounted in the groove 26 at the ends of the seat2'l are supports 350ithe kind hereinbefore described. A U-shaped saddle 35 is inverted overthe intermediate portion of the flexible element 32, and a tightening device, such as a screw 36-, passes through the saddle 35 and enters thestile 31 at the base ofethe seat 27, it being possible, by advancing thetightening device 36 and consequently the saddle 35, to flex the member32 intermediate its ends, tosecure a tightening thereof.

' bottom of a door frame, it will be obvious j that the. structuresho'wninthe said figure may be placed. at the top of a doonor, if desired, thestructure shown in Fig. 1 may I be used both at the top and at thebottom of the door.

Having thus described the invention, what 1s claimed 1s 1. Thecombination with the intermediate lng means for engaging both arms, saidmember having a recess into which the ti ghtening mechanism may beadvanced and into which the arms may be flexed.

2. Thecombination with intermediate and terminal door members havingedge grooves, of securing devices carried by the terminal .members andlocated in the grooves; a U- shaped flexible element in the grooves andcomprising a bend and arms, the bend being 7 engaged around one securingdevice, and the terminals of the arms being attached to the othersecuring device; a U-shaped saddle receiving the arms to permit aseparation thereof, and bearing upon the arms, the saddle being receivedin the groove of one member; and a screw passing through the saddle andengaging said member, the said member being provided, at the base of itsgroove, with a recess to which the saddle may be advanced, the screwextending between the arms. J

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,I have hereto allixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ULYSSES Gr. SWEENEY.

V Witnesses L. A. ELLIOTT,

Leora M. KING.

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